Burrinjucosteus
Appearance
Burrinjucosteus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Buchanosteidae |
Genus: | †Burrinjucosteus White, 1978 |
Species: | †B. asymmetricus
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†Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus White, 1978
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Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.
Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, flat animal.
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